CAPTAIN ROBERT W. DUNCAN received the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism as a Division Leader in Fighting Squadron Five, attached to the USS Yorktown, in action against enemy Japanese forces at Truk on February 16, 1944. After escorting an attack of torpedo and dive bombers to the target and observing twenty enemy planes approaching to attack from out of the sun, Lieutenant (then Lieutenant, Junior Grade) Duncan courageously led his division in a determined attack to destroy eight of the enemy planes, personally accounting for four. By his skilled airmanship, courage and gallant devotion to duty in the face of overwhelming fighter opposition, he contributed materially to the success of the attack and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.

Captain Duncan holds also two awards of the Distinguished Flying Cross and eight of the Air Medal. His Presidential Unit Citation carris five stars. His application was endorsed by the National Adjutant.

Capt. Duncan joined the L.O.V. in 1971.